Chapter 227

The coat is covered with a soft coat, and the soft jacket is covered with armor, throat guards, elbow pads, shawls, and heart goggles...... No less than that.

Yang Long stopped at the servant's service and put on his armor, thought about it, and held the long-lost talisman knife in his hand.

But he saw him:

Dressed in bright silver armor, stepping on tiger head boots, the strange python swallowing pearls is brilliant, the head swallowing beast face is inlaid with gold rings, the knife hides frost, and people release killing machines, it is really majestic, worthy of the imperial god of war.

Li Shanyan looked at this scene blankly, and said, "Lord, do you need this look?"

"Why don't you need it, it's not too many to be careful for 10,000 years, and it is enough to be careless once. Yang Long stopped clutching the knife in his hand: "I look like this, I must be safe." ”

"So...... Don't you feel hot?"

"Well, it's a little hot. ”

In such weather, Li Shanyan was already sweating profusely when he was only wearing cloth clothes, not to mention that he was wearing hundreds of pounds of armor on his body, in fact, during the dressing process just now, Yang Longzhi was already drenched in sweat.

In the end, he still took off the heavy armor and replaced it with a cloth armor, of course, the soft armor inside could not be taken off. Even if it was a little stuffy, for safety reasons, Yang Longzhu felt that it was not important.

There was already a queue waiting outside the door, and the original arrangement of the Ministry of Rites was that Yang Long would stop and ride a high-headed horse and take a turn on Chang'an Street, so that the people of Chang'an City could admire the demeanor of the God of War. But this arrangement was stopped by Yang Long, openly paraded the streets, or a horse without shelter, what if someone assassinated me, wouldn't I be reimbursed for shooting an arrow from a high place.

So the tall horses were replaced by closed palanquins, and the Praetorian Guards protecting him were raised from 300 to 1,000 men, and all the streets they passed were lined with heavily armed Janissaries, and on the heights there must be men armed with strong bows and crossbows.

But even so, it can't resist the enthusiasm of the people of Chang'an City, as well as the worship of the gods of war by the scholars of the world.

How many people are surging with new trends, and how many people have tears in their eyes, through the barrier of the Praetorian Guards, throw flowers on the streets.

"Let's take a look. ”

"Lord War, please take care of your health. ”

"Be sure to drink plenty of hot water and don't stay up late. ”

There are many flowers, for today's business, how many flower shops in the city have been bought out, and how many young ladies have been worn out because they went to pick flowers outside the city.

Walk through the long streets and enter the Imperial City's Urn City, where the martial champion will be decided today.

After entering here, Yang Longzhu can be regarded as completely relieved, he is now in the center of the empire, and the closest to him is His Majesty Emperor Ming, no matter how great the ability of the person who assassinated him is, he should not be able to enter.

When Yang Long stopped, Cheng Dalei had been waiting for a long time. His official position is much lower than that of Yang Longzhu, so he naturally has to arrive in advance on such an occasion and wait for the arrangement. Therefore, Cheng Dalei has experienced all kinds of complicated rituals, and his patience has been exhausted little by little, so annoyed that he has almost forgotten the purpose of coming here today.

When Yang Long stopped appearing, Cheng Dalei glanced over there from a long distance.

For a moment, the feeling of uneasiness enveloped Yang Long again, and he looked around, trying to determine where the uneasiness came from. Is it because the weather is too hot that I have heat stroke?

And Yang Longzhu didn't know that there was another person at this moment who had similar feelings to him. Kim asked, sitting on the high platform, his mood was not good for a moment, where did this feeling of being dominated by nightmares come from.

Emperor Ming was also present today, including the civil and military officials of the imperial court, as well as the negotiation team of the Rong clan, and there were many scholars outside. Of course, the origins of these scholars were strictly scrutinized.

Cheng Dalei is not qualified to sit in the stands to watch the ceremony, he is standing in the center of the venue, I don't know what the court is crazy about, and wants him to be today's examiner.

With Cheng Dalei's almost no political acumen, he naturally wouldn't know that this was Emperor Ming's attempt to promote him. After today, he, Qu Jiujiang, and Liu Qingming will become the generals who are about to rise in the empire, and the future is unlimited.

The candidate for Wu Zhuangyuan will be decided between Qu Jiujiang and Liu Qingming, and the exam will have a total of three links: archery, horse battle, and asking for strategy.

Archery and horse warfare are easy to understand, and the so-called question is that Emperor Ming personally asks questions to test their views on national affairs and military strategy. And in the last link, Emperor Ming will decide which of them is the first in martial arts this time.

The first is the first, and the second is something that no one will remember.

The first round is archery.

Clang!

Cheng Dalei struck the gong heavily, and spit out two words weakly.

Start

The archery method is compared to horse shooting, each person has ten arrows in the arrow basket, and the horse runs through it, and the arrows are shot in a stick of incense. A hundred paces away from them stood the scarecrow, who was scored according to the part they shot and decided the winner.

Liu Qingming was the first to appear, and a big black horse under him was under him, and when the horse galloped past, the horse's hooves splashed with loess, drew his bow and arrows, and the feathered arrows broke out of the air.

"Liu Qingming, ten arrows hit the target, one in the head, one in the throat, three in the shoulders, one in the chest, and four in the lower body. ”

The small colonel who reported the target reported Liu Qingming's results, not only so that Cheng Dalei could hear it, but also let the surrounding scholars hear it.

Liu Qingming is qualified to be proud, and it is not easy to get such a result on an undulating horse with the cooperation of the horses under him, not only archery but also riding skills.

Liu Qingming unloaded the bow and arrow, recovered his strength to prepare for the next game, and also wanted to see if Qu Jiujiang could surpass him.

Qu Jiujiang is a scribe, good at poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as for his martial arts, everyone does not know. However, if you have the courage to participate in this martial arts, your ability should not be weak.

He appeared on a white horse, and this scene aroused the envy of many people. Childe White Horse, fighting for the first place before the world, is cool. What is the first, the first is that I am stronger than all of you, not to mention that today I am fighting for the first place in the entire empire.

The degree of attention of this martial arts in the empire is beyond the imagination of many people. According to the news that Cheng Dalei knows, there are already people in Chang'an City who have opened a handicap, and a lot of people have pressed the silver on the two of them, betting on who can win the championship in this competition.

"Qu Jiujiang, ten arrows hit the target, two in the head, one in the throat, two in the shoulders, one in the chest, and four in the lower body. ”

After the results were reported, it can be said that it caused an uproar, and Cheng Dalei was also stunned, he didn't expect this result himself.

In this competition, three points were scored for the head, three points for the throat, three points for the chest, two points for the shoulders and torso, and one point for the lower body.

Qu Jiujiang's results are even better than Liu Qingming's, and he is really pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Cheng Dalei pursed his lips, struck the gong hard, and shouted in his mouth.

"The first archery, the winner, Qu Jiujiang. ”